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As of 2021, there are 151 elementary/K-8 schools, 16 middle schools, and 57 high schools in the School District of Philadelphia, excluding charter schools. [1] The Thomas K. Finletter School serves kindergarten through 8th grade students in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia.
Northeast High School students comes from very diverse racial, economic, and cultural backgrounds. According to the school profile generated by the School District of Philadelphia the racial makeup of the school based on the 2015–2016 school year is 30.3% African American, 18.5% White, 21.2% Asian, 23.2% Latino, and 6.8% other races. 19.7% of the school students are English Language Learners ...
The School District of Philadelphia (SDP) is the school district that includes all school district-operated public schools in Philadelphia. [9] Established in 1818, it is largest school district in Pennsylvania and the eighth-largest school district in the nation, serving over 197,000 students as of 2022. [10]
The school serves Northeast Philadelphia, including Somerton, Bustleton, and Fox Chase. [6] Named after the first president of the United States, George Washington , it is located on Bustleton Ave. Washington had an enrollment of 1,875 in 2012.
Math, Science, and Technology (MaST) Community Charter School is a public charter school located in Somerton, Northeast Philadelphia. It has 1,487 students in grades K-12. It has 1,487 students in grades K-12.
Governor Tom Wolf relinquished control of the district to recreate a City-run Board of Education. [1] The Board is appointed for a 4-year term by the Mayor of Philadelphia, and confirmed by the Philadelphia City Council. The Current Board was appointed by Cherelle Parker in 2024. [2]
The first school was founded in the Northeast in 1723 by Silas Crispin, Thomas Holme's son-in-law. [37] The Northeast is home to Fox Chase Farm, an educational facility that is the only working farm left in the Philadelphia city limits. [38] Frankford Avenue Bridge over Pennypack Creek in Holmesburg
The school's namesake was the 28th President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, but in 2022, the School District of Philadelphia renamed the school to Castor Gardens Middle School, reflecting the neighborhood it resides in, due to increasing incidents of related Black Lives Matter protests after the murder of George Floyd, which rendered the ...